Wade Davis: One RiverThe tale of two generations of Harvard ethnobotanists who explored the jungles of South America discovering the amazing array of unknown plants particularly the hallucinogens, rubber and coca. Living with and learning from the native people what they discovered has crucial relevance to 21st century man.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

An interview with Joshua Phillips the author of "None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture," a book about the torture of prisoners in Iraq and the deep psychological scars and the resultant suicides that occurred to the members of one battalion who engaged in torture.

If you have heard Dick Cheney defend torture and the talking heads who openly discuss whether torture is an effective tool, you need to watch this video to find out that not only are the actual people who are tortured the only victims, but also their torturers, those idealistic young people who thought they were defending our freedoms but who instead became the victims of a rogue government who placed themselves above international law.

Please read the Truthout article that published this video and support Truthout for bringing this kind of real reporting that never makes it to the main stream media.

Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto: CasaPaula Morelenbaum sings, Jaques Morelenbaum plays cello, and Ryuichi Sakamoto plays piano. They play the works of Antonio Carlo Jobim in his house using his piano. An incredibly fine tribute to one of the giants of Brazilian music. Click Here To see this album